Beto O'Rourke

Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke (26 September 1972-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-TX 16) from 3 January 2013, succeeding Silvestre Reyes.

Biography
Beto O'Rourke was born in El Paso, Texas in 1972, the son of an El Paso County judge. He was a member of the band Foss during the early 1990s, playing bass, and he worked for Internet service providers in New York City after graduating from college. In 1999, he founded Stanton Street Technology in El Paso, developing websites and software. He served on the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2012. He was a member of the centrist New Democrats. In 2018, he won the Democratic Party's nomination for the US Senate election in Texas.